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Managing devolution: West Glamorgan 1985-1988 ; Financial delegation to schools. / John Curtis Grove

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This investigation focuses on the delegation of financial and managerial responsibility to secondary and primary schools by the West Glamorgan Local Education Authority during the period 1985-1988. The management of this change is explained in the context of the influence of central government polic...

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Published: 1995
Institution: Swansea University
Degree level: Master of Philosophy
Degree name: M.Phil
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title Managing devolution: West Glamorgan 1985-1988 ; Financial delegation to schools.
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description This investigation focuses on the delegation of financial and managerial responsibility to secondary and primary schools by the West Glamorgan Local Education Authority during the period 1985-1988. The management of this change is explained in the context of the influence of central government policies, an appreciation by local officers of the opportunity to reorganise the Education Department structurally, significance placed on a pilot scheme, the co-operation of other county departments and an awareness of the value of transference of certain administrative tasks to educational institutions. The research methods used have depended on the following: 1. Collation and analysis of data accumulated through personal participation in planning groups; 2. Acquisition of expressions of attitude and opinion of headteachers in formal joint consultative meetings; 3. Surveys of school-based resources and contributions of departmental sections in support of schools; 4. Structured interviews with officers and members of school management; 5. Questionnaires on organisation of school management and demands of administration on allocated finance; 6. Analysis of administrative procedures involving allocation of funds and subsequent budgetary control; 7. Assessment of the relationships between Local Financial Management and the introduction of Local Management of Schools. The overall findings of this research include: early recognition of the need for change, preliminary effective structural reorganisation, ready acceptance by senior officers of the importance of consultation, a determination to make progress in times of financial restraint, the successful contribution of the LFM pilot scheme, the manifestly recognisable administrative skills of middle and senior officers which resulted in support for schools without widespread financial commitment and the largely constructive attitudes of headteachers.
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